Privacy concerns News

U.S. students, parents protest against tracking chips in ID cards

San Antonio - Parents and students in a Texas city are protesting an initiative concerning the school's ID badges. Two schools are currently in a pilot program that involves new student IDs that contain tracking chips.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 17 comments

Facedeals: An offer we should probably refuse (update)

Facial recognition just got real as Redpepper begins testing its product on the public through business to consumer deals.

In the Media by Dierdra Baptiste

Op-Ed: Facebook Groups new 'seen by' feature creates privacy concerns

Facebook is in the news again for another privacy-related issue. Last week the social network quietly introduced a feature that allows users to see who has viewed a post on a Facebook group and when they did it.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 8 comments

European Union values privacy, rebuts continued snooping by USA

A secretive US Treasury program that monitored all of Europe's financial transactions came to light in 2006, and now - in 2010 - the European Parliament has blocked continued US access to the data from the SWIFT money transfer system.

In the Media by R. C. Camphausen

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